geocentric

English

Alternative forms

• geocentrick (obsolete)

Etymology

From geo- +‎ -centric.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒioʊˈsɛntɹɪk/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ɛntɹɪk

Adjective

geocentric (not comparable)

1. Having the Earth at the center.

   Hypernym: planetocentric

   a geocentric coordinate system

   a geocentric orbit

   • 1685, J. Flamsteed, Philosophical Transactions, volume XV, page 1217:

     To make the Catalogue of Eclipses, as also the Table of the Parallaxes of [Jupiter], it was necessary first to make a Table of [Jupiter]' Heliocentrick places, to which the Parallaxes being applied, give the Geocentrick.

2. (cosmology) Of or relating to geocentrism, an obsolete cosmology which placed the Earth at the center of the universe.

Derived terms

• geocentrical
• geocentrically
• Geocentric Coordinate Time
• geocentricism
• geocentricity
• geocentric orbit

 

Related terms

• geocentrism

Translations

having Earth at center

• Arabic: أَرْضِيّ الْمَرْكَز (ʔarḍiyy al-markaz)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: geocèntric
• Czech: geocentrický
• Danish: geocentrisk
• Dutch: geocentrisch (nl)
• Finnish: maakeskinen (fi), geosentrinen (fi)
• French: géocentrique (fr) m or f
• Galician: xeocéntrico
• Georgian: გეოცენტრული (geocenṭruli)
• German: geozentrisch (de)
• Greek: γεωκεντρικός (el) (geokentrikós)
• Hungarian: geocentrikus (hu), földközpontú
• Indonesian: geosentrik
• Italian: geocentrico (it)
• Persian: زمین‌مرکزی (zamin-markazi)
• Polish: geocentryczny (pl)
• Romanian: geocentric (ro) m
• Russian: гѐоцентри́ческий (ru) (gèocentríčeskij)
• Spanish: geocéntrico (es)
• Swedish: geocentrisk (sv)
• Tagalog: dutungain
• Tajik: заминмарказӣ (zaminmarkazī)
• Turkish: Yer merkezli

See also

• heliocentric (the Sun), hermeocentric (Mercury), cytherocentric (Venus), geocentric (the Earth), selenocentric (the Moon), areocentric (Mars), zenocentric (Jupiter), cronocentric (Saturn), uranocentric (Uranus), poseidocentric (Neptune), hadeocentric (Pluto), planetocentric (a planet), astrocentric (a star), galactocentric (a galaxy)

Anagrams

• egocentric

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French géocentrique. By surface analysis, geo- +‎ centric.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.oˈt͡ʃen.trik/

Adjective

geocentric m or n (feminine singular geocentrică, masculine plural geocentrici, feminine and neuter plural geocentrice)

1. geocentric

Declension

Declension of geocentric

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	geocentric		geocentrică	geocentrici	geocentrice
	definite	geocentricul		geocentrica	geocentricii	geocentricele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	geocentric		geocentrice	geocentrici	geocentrice
	definite	geocentricului		geocentricei	geocentricilor	geocentricelor

Further reading

• geocentric in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)